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yenta::noun | Spocien Dictionary

yenta

noun

/'jɛntə/

(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant

Type	Words
Type of	shrew, termagant

yenta

noun

/'jɛntə/

(Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal

Type	Words
Type of	rumormonger, gossip, rumourmonger, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger